The answer to my own question in the OP. There is a difference, because the following should be performed to get the behavior of: dir | perl -pne ""
perl -e "print `cmd /C dir`;" the cmd /C part is required to get equivalent behavior. Mystery solved! "Michael Goldshteyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > That is, why does the output differ between: > > perl -e "print join(\"\n\",@{[`dir`]});" > > and > > dir | perl -pne "" > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
